fruitful

English

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Etymology

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit +‎ -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.

Adjective

fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful)

  1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; fertile; not barren.
  2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
    The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all - I got promoted

Quotations

  • Genesis, I, 22
    And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:productive

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References

  • fruitful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • fruitful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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